Is Arawa safe? Papua New Guinea travel risk
Is Arawa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Arawa scores 57/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Papua New Guinea Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 29 Apr 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 17 Aug 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake was recorded about 88 km away on 11 Oct (USGS). GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Arawa scores 57/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Papua New Guinea (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Arawa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and health and medical access (79/100).
A score of 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Papua New Guinea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 6.2280° S, 155.5660° E in Bougainville, Arawa maintains a regional distance of 994.9 km WSW to Port Moresby.
Bougainville
6.2280° S, 155.5660° E
28 m
Pacific/Bougainville
36,443
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Papua New Guinea)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Volcanoes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Arawa happened in May and October (4 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
8 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.4 on 1 Sep 2024 (67 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.2 on 11 Oct 2026 (88 km away) — USGS details
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Papua New Guinea travel advice & laws.
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